Country (sports) | ![]() |
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Residence | Hinterbrühl |
Born | Vienna, Austria | 1 September 1970
Height | 1.77 m (5 ft 9+1⁄2 in) |
Turned pro | July 1986 |
Retired | 2001 |
Plays | Right-handed (two handed-backhand) |
Prize money | $1,294,445 |
Singles | |
Career record | 280–166 |
Career titles | 6 |
Highest ranking | No. 10 (18 November 1996) [1] |
Grand Slam singles results | |
Australian Open | 4R (1990, 1995) |
French Open | 4R (1997) |
Wimbledon | 2R (1995, 1997) |
US Open | 4R (1989, 1990) |
Other tournaments | |
Tour Finals | RR (1990, 1996) |
Olympic Games | 3R (1988) |
Doubles | |
Career record | 26–43 |
Career titles | 1 |
Highest ranking | No. 83 (17 July 1989) |
Grand Slam doubles results | |
Australian Open | 2R (1990) |
French Open | 1R (1989) |
Wimbledon | 1R (1990) |
US Open | 1R (1989, 1990) |
Team competitions | |
Fed Cup | Record 9–13 |
Barbara Paulus (born 1 September 1970) is a former professional tennis player from Austria. She began playing on the WTA Tour in 1986 and retired in 2001. During her career, she won a total of seven WTA tournaments (six singles titles, one doubles title). Paulus competed for the Austria Fed Cup team on 21 occasions in singles and doubles, winning nine of her 22 matches.
Paulus is one of the most successful Austrian female tennis players, being one of only two to be ranked in the top 10 (along with Barbara Schett), despite having a career plagued with injuries. She won six singles titles and one doubles title on the WTA Tour. Her best results include victories over Chris Evert, Mary Pierce, Gabriela Sabatini, Conchita Martínez, and Jana Novotná. [2]
After reaching as high as No. 12 in the world in 1990, [2] she sustained injuries to her knee and both wrists which required her to have surgery and kept her sidelined for many months through 1992 and 1993. [2] [3] Her comeback from injury eventually bore her much success, with four WTA titles between 1995 and 1997, a top-ten ranking, and reaching her biggest career final at the Tier I Family Circle Cup, where she lost in three sets to Arantxa Sánchez Vicario. [4]
Her career effectively ended in 1998 after an elbow injury, though she made a brief return in 2001. [5]
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Result | W/L | Date | Tournament | Tier | Surface | Opponent | Score |
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Win | 1–0 | May 1988 | Geneva, Switzerland | Tier V | Clay | ![]() | 6–4, 5–7, 6–1 |
Loss | 1–1 | Aug 1988 | Sofia, Bulgaria | Tier V | Hard | ![]() | 6–1, 6–2 |
Loss | 1–2 | Jul 1989 | Arcachon, Spain | Tier V | Clay | ![]() | 6–3, 6–7(3–7), 6–1 |
Loss | 1–3 | Jan 1990 | Sydney, Australia | Tier III | Hard | ![]() | 4–6, 6–1, 6–3 |
Win | 2–3 | May 1990 | Geneva, Switzerland | Tier IV | Clay | ![]() | 2–6, 7–5, 7–6(7–3) |
Loss | 2–4 | Jul 1990 | Palermo, Italy | Tier IV | Clay | ![]() | 6–2, 6–3 |
Loss | 2–5 | Oct 1990 | Filderstadt, Germany | Tier II | Hard (i) | ![]() | 6–1, 6–3 |
Win | 3–5 | Sep 1995 | Warsaw, Poland | Tier III | Clay | ![]() | 7–6(7–4), 4–6, 6–1 |
Win | 4–5 | Nov 1995 | Pattaya, Thailand | Tier IV | Hard | ![]() | 6–4, 6–3 |
Loss | 4–6 | Jan 1996 | Auckland, New Zealand | Tier IV | Hard | ![]() | 6–3, 1–6, 6–4 |
Loss | 4–7 | Apr 1996 | Hilton Head Island, US | Tier I | Clay | ![]() | 6–2, 2–6, 6–2 |
Loss | 4–8 | May 1996 | Strasbourg, France | Tier III | Clay | ![]() | 6–3, 7–6(8–6) |
Win | 5–8 | Aug 1996 | Maria Lankowitz, Austria | Tier IV | Clay | ![]() | 40–15 ret. |
Loss | 5–9 | Sep 1996 | Warsaw, Poland | Tier III | Clay | ![]() | 3–6, 6–2, 6–1 |
Loss | 5–10 | Oct 1996 | Moscow, Russia | Tier III | Carpet (i) | ![]() | 6–1, 4–6, 6–4 |
Win | 6–10 | Jul 1997 | Warsaw, Poland | Tier III | Clay | ![]() | 6–4, 6–4 |
Loss | 6–11 | Oct 1997 | Luxembourg | Tier III | Carpet (i) | ![]() | 6–4, 3–6, 7–5 |
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Result | W/L | Date | Tournament | Tier | Surface | Partner | Opponents | Score |
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Win | 1–0 | Aug 1988 | Sofia, Bulgaria | Tier V | Hard | ![]() | ![]() ![]() | 1–6, 6–1, 6–4 |
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Result | No. | Date | Tournament | Surface | Opponent | Score |
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Win | 1. | 16 November 1987 | Wels, Austria | Hard (i) | ![]() | 6–2, 6–2 |
Loss | 1. | 27 September 1993 | Kirchheim, Austria | Clay | ![]() | 1–6, 3–6 |
Win | 2. | 29 August 1994 | Maribor, Slovenia | Hard (i) | ![]() | 4–6, 6–4, 6–0 |
Loss | 2. | 4 March 1996 | Prostějov, Czech Republic | Hard (i) | ![]() | 1–6, 4–6 |
Loss | 3. | 27 January 1996 | Prostějov, Czech Republic | Carpet (i) | ![]() | 7–6(9–7), 1–6, 3–6 |
Result | No. | Date | Tournament | Surface | Partner | Opponents | Score |
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Loss | 1. | 25 August 1986 | Wels, Austria | Clay | ![]() | ![]() ![]() | 5–7, 6–7(4–7) |
Loss | 2. | 16 November 1987 | Wels, Austria | Hard (i) | ![]() | ![]() ![]() | 4–6, 4–6 |